Online
Exhibitions
Use the links below to browse the Rensselaer County
Historical Society's collection of online exhibitions. Some of
online exhibitions you will browse are online versions of past
exhibitions, others have been created exclusively for the RCHS
Web site.
Local Architecture
and Historic Preservation
The architectural landscape of Rensselaer County's
cities, towns and rural areas is brimming with richness and
significance. Keep your eyes open for every major architectural
style -- from Federal-style farmhouses and townhouses to neighborhoods
of sturdy bungalows.
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exhibition
Documenting Change:
Industry and Business in Troy and Rensselaer County, NY
A project which documents Industry and Business
in Troy and Rensselaer County, NY from 1945 to the Present.
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exhibition
"Grüß
Got" in Rensselaer County: The German American Experience
This online exhibition is a condensed version
of "'Grüß Gott' in Rensselaer County: The German
American Experience", which was originally part of the
Rensselaer County Historical Society's Millennium Project in
2000.
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exhibition
People and Place:
Landscape and Land Use in Rensselaer County
The exhibition takes a chronological look at the
"close bond" between the people and places of Rensselaer
County, from 17th century European contact with the Mohicans,
to the suburbanized, drive-through late 20th century.
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NOW IS THE TIME!/WOMEN
MUST WAIT!: Suffrage Activities in Rensselaer County
Woman Suffrage. Even today, 75 years after the
19th Amendment was passed, those two words evoke strong reactions.
From the first Woman's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls in
July of 1848 to the final ratification of the 19th Amendment
on August 26, 1920, there was a long progression of constant,
undefeatable energy directed against the status quo which prevented
one half of the population from real participation in the political
life of the nation.
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Black &
White & Read All Over: In the News in Rensselaer County
From the late 18th century to the present day,
American newspapers have chronicled the country's great victories
and defeats, as well as the comings and goings of everyday life
in communities of every size and location.
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